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J. W. PEASE APPLE PARING MACHINE May 28, 1929.

6 Sheets-Sheet 1 Original Filed Feb. 1, 1926 J. W. PEASE APPLE PARiNG MACHINE May 28, 1929. Re. 17,307

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APPLE PARING MACHINE.

Origirial' Fil'edFeb. 1, 1926 6 sheets'sheet 5 attain aoHNwQrEAsnoF nocnnsm H r I a I .no'cnnsrnn,

Rests May 28,- 1929.

ATENT" or Fir-C in; new 201m, .ASSIGNOR 'ro'v wnvnmnnn N. PEASE, on

NEW YORK.

" I ArrLE-rARING MAoHINi p ori inaim. 1,615,914, fiatedlebruary 1,;1927, Seria1-No.85,196, fi1ed February 1 1926. Application in reissuefiled .ran ar zs, 1929. Serial No. 335,792; I

1 My present invention relates I to apple paring machines and more particularly tofeed- "ing devices therefor and" it has for its object to provide a simple, convenient andrapid paring machine provided with" a feeding. de-

vice wherebythe apples may b'erapidly fed to a single fork with convenience andwithout danger'to the operator. To these and other ends the invention resides in certain improvements and combinations of parts fall as 'will be hereinafter -morej.fully describecL-the novel featuresbeing pointed out in the claimsat theend of the specification.- In the drawings: 1 W i 1 p 1 Figure 1 is a front elevation of'a paring" machine constructed in accordance with illustrating one. embodiment of. my invention part of the frame thereof being broken away; 1 1

Figure 2' is a similar and more complete front view with the parts in another position;

Figure 3 is showing that end. thereof which is opposite to the driving end;

tion taken fromfront'to rear inthe plane of the axis of the fork and. transversely through the driving and cam shaft; 1 Figure 5 is! a fragmentary horizontal section'sho-wing in detail the cams on the driving shaft for operating the feeding device;

- Figure 6 is aview similar to Figure 4' drivinggear and 1 I Figure 10 is an enlarged section through the feeding cup or apple holder.

the several views indicate the same parts.

To first give a general idea of the mam elements ofmy machine,'it comprises a pa-r'er ofsomewhat 'the"usual type except: that it is arranged vertically instead .of horizo'ntally, that is, the paring. fork rotates on a vertical axis and theflcorer and parer also,

therefore", move vertically. .It is a single :1 side view of the maohine Figure at is an enlarged fragmentary'sec-1 1 from front-t0 rear of the machine. v stud shaft carried by an inner frame 12 that supports the parer proper. The frame Figure 9 is. a detail" elevation ofthe: main 1 Similar reference numerals throughout fork machine and the fork has a fined. position except for its rotation. A horizontally swinging feeding cup moves outwardly or forwardly to a-position convenient to the operation when receiving the apple. which is placedtherein by hand; Ihe feeding cup then swin s inwardly or rearwardly beneath the fOLi;."l1p\V3iIClly to impale the apple upon the forkand then quickly moves downwardly and outwardlyso as wcl'ear the coring and paringelements that immediately thereafter start to operate upon the.

fruit. ducted intimed relation from asingle drive shaft through the use of an interrupted-gear, cams and springs all as hereinafter described. Referringmore particularl-yto'the drawings, 1 indicates the uprights'of a rectangular frame havingcross pieces on rails 2 and 3 at the top and: bottom. J'ust below the All of these movements are .con-- top rails 2 are side rails" 4 running. from front to rear upon Whichare supported the bearings'5 of a drive shaft 6. This drive shaft is shown in the presentinstance as being power driven with fast and loose pulleys 7 and 8 though a hand crank may of course be substituted. v

It will perhaps be Well ,towdesc'ribe the pater proper first irrespective of thefeedin g' mechanlsm. 1 1 1 Fixed. to the shaft 6 1s a main driving gear 9. This is aninterrupter gearmeshing with a gear 10 on a. shaft 11 which runs It is a 12- is. also providedwith bearings 13 to carry a fixed shaft 141 having at its lower end a fork 15; All of the paring is done on this the frame 12. Below and fixed to the gear. 17' is a bevel gear 19 that meshes with the gear 10. It having been stated that the main driving gear 9 is an interrupter gear, 1t Wlll be seen that continuous rotation of the drive shaft 6 intermittently rotates the fork shaft 14. z 1

To insure the meshing. of theteeth onpthe ousgear 10 uponeaeh cycle of the machine,

interrupted driving gear 9 with the continuis kicked at the proper time by a projecting abutment 21 on the driving gear 9.

The paring knife 22, corer 23, and doifer 24 operate as usual and will, therefore, not be described in any great detail. They are carried on a vertically reciprocating frame 25 having at one side a guide rod 26 that slides in fixed bearings 27 in the frame 12. The frame 25 is fixed to this guide rod 26 by means of the lugs 28 and connected to the lower end of the rod- 26 is a counterbalancing spring 29 the upper end of which is'conneoted to the frame 1 and the function of which is to break the fall of the frame 25 inasmuch as the parer is operating vertically instead of in the usual horizontal direction. On the opposite or left hand side of the frame 25 is'a lug 30 which slides in a guide 31 on the frame 12. As the frame 25 moves upwardly, the knife 22 is carried into paring engagement with an apple on the fork 15 through the action of suitable cams on" the frame 12 (not shown), all as usual, while the corer 23 by a similar cam action, swings up from the position of Figures 1 and 2 to that of Figure 7. These movements and op erations of the corer and the paring knife are the usual ones and as they havevnothing to do with the present invention, a'more detailed description than the above is thought not to be warranted. The corer 23 swings upwardly and downwardly through the forked dofler 24. As the frame 25 descends and the corer-'23 brings down the cored apple from the fork 15, the apple is disengaged by the doifer 24 which is fixed to the frame 25 at an angle and the apple is discharged into a chute 32 that conveys it to a suitable receptacle 33.

The upward movement of the frame 25 to carry the paring knife 22 and corer 23 into operation with respect to an apple placed 'on the fork 15 in the manner hereinafter engage on opposite sides of a spiral cam 37 pro ect1ng from theinner s1de of the gear 10. By the time these pins 36 reach .the inner end of this cam 37 and free themselves,

both the corer and paring knife have done their work and the frame 25 is as high as it has occasion to go. The frame innnediately drops by gravity except for the check of the counter-balancing spring 29 with the consequent retracting movements of the paring knife 22 and corer 23 and the dofling of the apple. To insure a completion of this downward movement, however, the frame 25 is provided with a cam 38 which is engaged by the same pin 34that thereafter cooperates with the track cam previously described.

The feeding device comprises an arm 39 carrying a cup 40 and mounted upon a rod 41 whichhas a bearing in brackets 42 on the frame 1 in which it pivots and in which thenimmediately drawn to a position beneath the stationary fork 15. This is ac-v complished by means of a pull rod 43 which is connected to a sliding pivot 44 on the arm 39. The pull rod 43 is provided with a vertical, abutment 45 that is engaged by a cam 46 on the-drive shaftll. This cam draws the arm 39 and cup 40 inwardly and the latter into alignment with and beneath the fork 15 against the tension of a spring 47 connected to the frame 1 and to the pull rod 43, the tendency of which spring is to throw the feed cup 40 to the receiving position of Figures 7 and 8. The pull rod 43 is guided in a strap 47 on the frame 1 and also in a guide 48 in the frame 12.

After the feeding cup 40 has been swung 'in this manner into a position below the fork 15 with an apple contained therein as indicated at 49 in Figure 2, it is necessary to give it a vertical reciprocatory motion, that is, to carry upwardly and impale the apple on the fork. This is accomplished through a vertical sliding movement of the pivot rod 41 in the brackets 42. The upper end of the rod 41 is engaged beneath a pair of adjustable springs 50 by the forked end of a lever 51 extending from front to rear of the machine. It is pivoted at 52 (Figure 4) at the rear of the machine and has an arm 53 that rides on a cam 54 on the drive shaft 6. This cam is so shaped as to raise the lever 51 abruptly and then abruptly drop it so that the up and down movement of the feed cup 40 is very rapid. Its action is this :v After receiving the apple it is swung by the cam 46 to a position in alignment with and beneath the fork 15 while the knife 22 and corer 23 are down as in Figure 2; it then moves upwardly and impales the apple on the fork as shown in Figure 1; its next movement is a rapid drop as the arm 53 falls'ofi' of the high point of the cam 54. Immediately thereafter and before the knife and corer have a chance to rise, the feed cup swings forwardly again under the influence of its spring the abutment 45 having been released from the high point of cam 46. Thus, another apple can be placed in the cup while the paring operation is being conducted on its predecessor.

Theipivot 44 by means of which the draw rod 43 is connected to the arm 39 is a long in the" arm to perm-itfthe impaling of the a is apple as above described. "The fork shaft" 14: is a. hollowshaft and contains zpush rod 55 which is raised as shown in Figure 1 when the apple is impaled upon the fork as it ordinarily projects between the tines of the. fork. The upper end'of this push rod "projecting from the spur. 16 is engaged by'a bell crank lever 56 pivoted atb'? to the frame. After the paring, operation a pin 58 gon the gear engages this leveriand. causes; it to pusht-he rod 55' downwardly and eject the core from the apple after of the way. I

This pin 58 alsoperforms another func- Y tion. A bell cranklever 60' is pivoted to the framerat 61 and has one end normally held against a rubber buffer 62 by a spring.

63'. i Theother end. isin the path of the pin 58. Just'as the parer carriage reaches its downward position,'and the toothedportion of the driving gear 9 moves out of mesh with the gear 10, the pin 58 engages this. lever 60 which gives sufficient yielding resistance to prevent it from overrunning,

that is,it' holds it in position while the a blank portion of the driving gear 9 is pass-f ingxthegear 10.' To prevent a re-bound of thegear 1O upon-the descent of the carriage,

"thepin 58:, rides off the end thereof.

' A machine constructed in accordance with this invention will be observed to utilize'a' i there is also provided a spring latch 64 under which the'pin 58 rides,this latch being secured to'the cross piece 2 of the main frame 1. Then the driving gene again picks up ithe, gear lO, the lever yields and single fixed fork doing away with theusual ing forks and the action of the feeding cup 40 in swlnging into al1g'nment;'1nto impale ing contact, and then out again with great rapidity gives, nevertheless, great' capacity and a lngh speed parlng operation.

I wish to call attention toganother feature i of this*iiivention havingto do with the fact that the single fork is intermittently driven and receives the apple while the fork is at between the impaling and the time that the apple is relieved from the resistance of its feedingholder. I With the fork at rest during the entire period} of the'application, ofthe apple thereto these objections are entirely. ob-

viated because the fork doesnot again begin to rotate until the apple is firmlyimpaled the corer 23 has swung out in timed relation witha rotary fork turning on a fixed axis, turret arrangement ofa plurality of revolvand the holder hasreleasedits pressure and is the knife, the movement of the latter being I through the path of the fruit holder.

" 2. In a' paring machine,the combination with a rotary forkturning on a fixed axis,

of means for intermittently driving the fork, a knife cooperating therewithand a a feeding device embodying a fruit holder adapted to move in a relatively transverse plane into and out of alignment with the fork and in an axial direction toward the fork when the latter is at. rest, the movement of'the knife being through the path of the fruit holder; I

3. In a paring machine, the combination with a rotary fork turning on a fixed axis, of means for intermittently driving the fork, axcarriage provided with paring and coring "devices adapted to reciprocate in an axial direction toward and from the fork,

and a feeding device embodying a fruit holder adapted to move in a relatively transverse plane into and out of alignment with the fork and in an axial direction toward the fork when the latter is at rest and to the movement of the carriage.

4. In a paring machine, the combination of means for intermittently driving the fork, a carriage provided with. paring and coring devices adaptedto reciprocate in an axial direction toward and from thefork, a feeding device embodying a. fruit holder, means for positively moving the fruit holder in a relatively transverse plane into alignment with the fork and thence axially toward the same when the latter is at rest and a spring for retracting the fruit holder in timed relation to the movement of the carriage.

' 5. In a paring machine, the combination transversely into alignment with the fork and axially toward the same when the latter is at rest and in timed. relation to the movements of 't-heparing and coring devices.

6. In, a paring machine, the combination with afork arranged to rotate'on a fixed axls anda carriage adapted to IGCIPIOCfi-iJB" wvith a rotary fork turning onja fixed axis, a 'of' means for intermittently driving the in a direction parallel with'the axis 'of'the fork and provided wlth paring and cormg devices,-of a feeding device adapted to feeding device in timed relation thereto and a spring for retracting the feeding device out of alignment with the forkbefore the operative movement of the paring and coring devices toward the same.

7. In a. paring machine, the combinatio with a rotary fork arranged to turn on a fixed axis, driving means for intermittently rotating said fork, a carriage movable axially toward and from said fork and carrying coring and paring devices, said carriage also being operated by saiddriving means, a feeding device embodying a fruit holder arranged to swing laterally into and out of alignmentwith the fork and thence axially toward the fork while the latter is at rest, means connected with the driving means for positively actuating the fruit holder into such aligned position and along the axis of the fork, and a spring for retracting the fruit holder prior to the operative movement of the paring and coring devices.

8. In a paring machine, the combinationwith a rotary fork arranged to turn on a fixed axis, adrive shaft having a gearing for intermittently rotating said. fork and provided with a pair of cams, a carriage movable axially, toward and from said fork and carrying coring and paring devices, means connected with the drive shaft for operating said carriage, a feeding device embodying a fruit holder arranged to swing laterally into and out of alignment with the fork and thence axially toward the fork while the latter is at rest, said swinging movements of the fruit holder into alignment with and toward the fork being actuated by the cams 011 the drive shaft, and a spring for retracting the fruit holder prior to the operative movement of the paring and coring devices.

9. In a paring machine, the combination with a rotary fork adapted to turn on a vertical axis and a carriage provided with paring and coring devices adapted to move vertically into and out of cooperative relationship therewith, of driving means for the fork connected to raise the carriage and carry the paring and coring devices into operative positions and a spring connected to the carriage to break the fall thereof when released from the driving means.

10. In a paring machine, the combination with a vertically arranged fork, a drive shaft and interrupted gearing for intermittently rotating the fork, of a vertically .reciprocatory carriage havingcoring and paring devices adapted to move upwardly into cooperatlve relationship with the fork,

a cam wheel connected with the drive shaft for raising the carriage and a spring connected with the latter to check its fall when the cam wheeldisengages therefrom and the paring and coring devices drop to an in-, operative position wlth respect to the fork.

11. In a paring machine, the combination with a vertically arranged fork adapted to rotate upon its own axis and a vertically movable carriage provided with coring and paring devices, of a drive shaft for intermittently rotating the fork, a cam wheel for raising the carriage to carry the coring and paring devices into-operative relationship avith the fork, said carriage being arranged to drop by gravity when released from the cam wheel, a drive shaft for actuating the cam wheel and intermittently rotating the fork, a spring arranged to break the fall of the carriage when released from the, cam wheel, and another cam on the carriage adapted to be engaged by the cam wheel to hold the carriage in a lowered inoperative position against the tension of the spring.

12. In a paring machine, the combination with a vertically arranged fork adapted to rotate upon its own axis and a vertically movable carriage provided with coring and paring devices, of a drive shaft for interinittently rotating the fork, a cam wheel forraising the carriage to carry the coring and paring devices into operative relationship with the fork, said carriage being arranged to drop by gravity when released from thecam wheel, a drive shaft for actuating the cam wheel and intermittently rotating the fork, a spring arranged to break the fall of the carriage when released from the cam wheel, of a feeding device embodyinga fruit holder movable into and out of alignment with the fork and axially toward the same and another cam on the carriage adapted to be engaged by the cam wheel to positively move the carriage to inoperative position when the fruit holder moves into alignment with the fork.

13. In. a paring machine, the combination with a fork arranged to turn upon a fixed axis, a carriage movable in parallelism to said axis and carrying coring and paring devices and means for intermittently rotating the fork and actuating the carriage, of. a feeding device embodying a swinging fruit holder, a draw bar for swinging the fruit holder into alignment with the fork, a cam for moving the fruitholder axially toward the fork and a spring for quickly swinging the fruit holder out of alignment with the fork.

14-. In a paring machine, the combination with a vertically arranged fork, driving means for intermittently rotating said fork embodying an interrupted driving gear and a driven gear, cooperating means on the driving and driven gears for kicking the latter into mesh, paring'and coring: devices cooperating with the fork wliilevthe, latter is rotatingand a feeding device embodying afruit holder adapted to swinglaterallyinto alignment withwthe fork, while thel atter is at rest and tothence .move iaxiallytoward the same.

' '15. In a-paring machine, the combination with a rotary fork and driving means em,-

bodying interrupted gearing for, intermittently rotatingsaid fork, of coring andvparing devices cooperating, with the fork when the latter is in rotation, a feeding device actuated by the drivingmeans to swing later-v ally into alignment with the fork and thence axially toward the same when the fork is 'at' rest and a latch for holding the fork driving means against a .reboundingmovement while the feeding device is moving operatively with relation thereto.

16. In a paring machine, thecombination with arotary-fork, a drive'shaft, interrupted the fruit holder axially toward the fork Q with" a vertically arranged, fork arranged through the movement of the drive shaft,

a carriage movable in parallelism to the axis of the fork and carrying paring-and coring devices, means including the interrupted gearing for actuating the carriage, a feeding device embodying a swinging fruit holder, a cam on the drive shaft for swinging the fruit holder into alignment with the fork, a cam on the drive shaft for moving and springs for throwing the fruit holder axially away fromthe fork and laterally out I of alignment therewith.

17. In a paring machine, the combination on a fixed axis, a drive shaft, interrupted gearing connecting the shaft and fork for intermittently rotating the latter, a vertiand coring devices,means" cally movable carriage provided withparing interruptedgearing for actuating the carriage toward the fork while the latter is in rotation, alatch for arresting the gearing whenthe fork is at rest, a feeding device embodying a swinging fruit holder, means on the drive shaft for swinging the fruit holder into alignmentwith the fork in timed relation to the movement of the carriage, means on the driveshaft for moving the fruit holdertoward the fork while thelatter v and'the carriage are at rest andsprings for retracting the fruit holder prior to a subto each other.

sequent movement of the carriage,

18. In a paring machine, the combinatlon with a fork arranged to turn on a fixed axis and means for intermittently driving the same,

a swinging fruit holder aranged on a sliding pivot, means for swmglng said fru t holder on said p-lvet into alignment with the a t e movement f fork in timed relation to earing for intermittently rotating the forkmbodied in the of coring and paring devices cooperating with the fork while the latter is rotating,

the carriage, means, for sliding the I holder on its, pivot toward the'fork and means for retracting the fruit holderprior to the operatlve movement ofthe carriage. I

I 19. In a ipar ng machine, the comblnatlon witha drive shaft, a vertically arranged fork, gearing between the drive shaft and the fork for intermittently,rotating, the latter, a; latch for holding said, gearing while the fork is atrest avertically movable carriage provided with paringand coring d'e vices cooperating with the fork while the latter is in rotation, means embodying said gearingfor actuating the carriage axially of the fork, a feeding device embodying a swinging fruit lidlder and means on the drive shaft for actuating said fruit holder laterally into alignment with the fork and also axlally in relation thereto. 20. In a paring machine, the combination With a drive shaft, a vertically arranged fork, gearing between the drive shaft and the fork for intermittently rotating the latter, a latch for holding said gearing while the fork is at rest, a'vertioally movable carriage provided with paring and coring devices cooperatingwith the fork while the latter is in rotation, means embodying said gearing for actuating the carriage axially of the fork, a feeding device embodying a swinging fruit holder, cams on the drive shaft for swinging the fruit holder, into alignment with the fork and also moving it axially thereof and springs for effecting a reverse axial and" swinging movement of the fruit holder. Y

21. In a paring machine, the combination with a rotary fork arranged to turnon a fixed vertical axis, of a knife adapted to cooperate therewith and a feeding deviceembodyinga horizontally swinging fruit holder adapted to move into and out of alignment with the fork in-timed relation to the movements of the knife; I

2:2. In a paring, machine, the combination with a rotary fork turning on a fixed vertical axis and means for intermittently driving the same, of a carriage provided with coring toward and fromthe fork and-a feeding deembodying a fruit holder adapted to move horizontally into alignment with the fork and axially toward the same whenthe fork is at rest and means for driving the carriage and fruit holder in timed relation 23. In a paring machine, the combination with a rotary fork turning on a fixed vertical axis, of means for intermittently driving the fork, parlng and coring devlces cooperating with the fork when the latter is in rota- 'tion,ia horizontally swinging fruit holder,

means for moving it into alignment with the fork when the" carriage is in inoperative position, means for moving it axially toward and paring devices movable vertically the fork When the latter is at rest and-means for retracting the fruit holder as the carriage moies into operative relationship with the for r 24. In a paring machine, the combination with a rotary fork turning on a fixed axis, of means for intermittently driving the fork, and a feeding device embodying a fruit holder adapted to move in an axial direction toward the fork to present an apple thereto when the v latter is at rest.

25. In a paring machine, the combination with a rotary fork turning on a fixed axis, of means for intermittently driving the fork a knife cooperating therewith, and a feedin device embodying a fruit holder arranged move toward the fork when the latter is at rest to impale an apple thereupon, the movement of the knife being through the path of the fruit holder. I

JOHN W. PEAVSE. 

